13 December: fyi -- comp. ling. jobs, US

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Zoesis, Inc. is hiring researchers to help
extend our interactive character technologies.
We are looking for researchers to help develop
conversational capabilities for social, autonomous,
interactive characters. Researchers with experience
in robust/semantic parsing, pragmatic or emotional
variation in NLG, or embodied language are
especially sought.

Job description:
Collaborate to research and develop conversational
capabilities for social, autonomous, interactive
characters. Work includes creating technology that
allows autonomous agents to engage in natural,
social conversations in limited, entertaining
domains while expressing their own emotions and
personality.

The position requires:
- experience in NLG, NLU or discourse
- Ph.D in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Desirable qualities include:
- experience in robust/semantic parsing
- experience in pragmatic or emotional variation
in NLG
- experience in embodied natural language

Some examples of the interactive character work on
which we'll be building can be seen at http://mrbubb.com
and http://www.zoesis.com/pearldemon.html using a Windows
PC.

Please send resumes/inquiries to hiring@zoesis.com or
fax to 617-969-2368. For more information about Zoesis,
please visit http://www.zoesis.com.

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